Some hospitals or transition nursing homes in 15 provinces to carry out pilot medical care for the elderly

A few days ago, the National Health Commission issued the "Notice on the Pilot Work of Medical Care Services for the Elderly", clarifying 15 provinces including Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanxi as pilots, exploring the formation of local experiences and typical practices that can be replicated and promoted for medical care services for the elderly.
The pilot period is 1 year
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According to the document released this time, the pilot areas include 15 provinces including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi.
The pilot period is 2022.
Month to December
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From the point of view of the pilot tasks, it mainly includes increasing the number of medical institutions and beds that provide elderly medical care services, strengthening the training and training of elderly medical care practitioners, and launching pilot home-based medical care services for the elderly
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The announced work plan proposes that the pilot areas should guide some of the first-level regions in the region based on the aging of the population and the actual needs of medical care services for the elderly, combined with the "14th Five-Year Plan" medical and health service system planning and the planning requirements for the establishment of medical institutions.
, Secondary hospitals transform into nursing homes, or support social forces to organize large-scale and chain nursing stations, nursing centers, etc.
, and increase the number of nursing homes (stations) and nursing centers
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In addition, pilot areas should encourage qualified primary medical institutions to set up and increase beds to provide elderly medical care services as needed
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In addition, pilot areas and medical institutions should actively explore and innovate diversified elderly medical care service models, support qualified medical institutions to develop "Internet + nursing services" and extended nursing services, and expand medical care services in the institutions to communities and homes
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The document proposes that medical institutions are encouraged to provide on-site medical care services to nearby elderly people through contracting
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Conditional primary medical institutions are exploring setting up day care centers, "call centers" or family beds to provide day care and home care services for the elderly
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Encourage the development of community embedded elderly care service institutions to provide professional and convenient medical care services for the elderly
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The pilot areas shall, based on local conditions, determine that some eligible pilot medical institutions take the lead in developing home medical care services, and the list of pilot medical institutions shall be announced to the public in a timely manner
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Pilot medical institutions can provide professional medical care services for elderly people with mobility impairments through "Internet +", family beds, and outpatient visits
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In addition, in terms of exploring and improving the price and payment mechanism of medical care services for the elderly, the document also clarifies that provinces (municipalities) and cities (districts) that are piloting long-term care insurance will be encouraged to actively cooperate with local regions while carrying out the pilot medical care services for the elderly.
The combination of long-term care insurance pilot policies has further promoted the pilot work
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